Thursday, April 11, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z April 11, 2024

SMOKE:
Midwestern United States...
A small area of light density smoke attributed a large presence of fires
in the Midwestern U.S., centralized around Iowa yesterday was observed
this morning moving southeast towards the Gulf States. to significant
seasonal fire activity throughout the Midwestern U.S

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of
Mexico/Pacific Ocean...
Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico, Central America and northern South America contributed to a
large mass of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols that were
observed this morning over central-southern Mexico, northern Central
America, the majority of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off
the southwest coastline of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of gas
flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive
area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions, resulting in areas adjacent
to the Bay of Campeche to have a slightly more dense mass of smoke and
aerosols covering these regions.


Willkens


THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED
FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE,
TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS.  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
ALSO DESCRIBED.  USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE
AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE
FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
Smoke data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons
Fire data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov